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Wang, W. (author), van Keulen, A. (author), Wu, J. (author)Additive manufacturing of metal parts involves phase transformations and high temperature gradients which lead to uneven thermal expansion and contraction, and, consequently, distortion of the fabricated components. The distortion has a great influence on the structural performance and dimensional accuracy, e.g., for assembly. It is therefore...journal article 2023
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Li, Z. (author), Xu, M. (author), Norte, R.A. (author), Aragon, A.M. (author), van Keulen, A. (author), Alijani, F. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author)In recent years, the Q-factor of Si 3 N 4 nanomechanical resonators has significantly been increased by soft-clamping techniques using large and complex support structures. To date, however, obtaining similar performance with smaller supports has remained a challenge. Here, we make use of torsion beam supports to tune the Q-factor of Si 3 N 4...journal article 2023
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Ranjan, R. (author), Chen, Z. (author), Ayas, C. (author), Langelaar, M. (author), van Keulen, A. (author)Overheating is a major issue especially in metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes, leading to poor surface quality, lack of dimensional precision, inferior performance and/or build failures. A 3D density-based topology optimization (TO) method is presented which addresses the issue of local overheating during metal AM. This is achieved...journal article 2023
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van den Boom, S.J. (author), Abedi, Reza (author), van Keulen, A. (author), Aragon, A.M. (author)Phononic crystals can be designed to show band gaps—ranges of frequencies whose propagation is strongly attenuated in the material. In essence, their working principle is based on destructive interference of waves reflecting from the periodic arrangement of material interfaces (i.e., Bragg scattering). Consequently, capturing accurately the...journal article 2023
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Delissen, A.A.T.M. (author), van Keulen, A. (author), Langelaar, M. (author)The design of high-performance mechatronic systems is very challenging, as it requires delicate balancing of system dynamics, the controller, and their closed-loop interaction. Topology optimization provides an automated way to obtain systems with superior performance, although extension to simultaneous optimization of both topology and...journal article 2023
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Theulings, M.J.B. (author), Langelaar, M. (author), van Keulen, A. (author), Maas, Robert (author)Modeling of fluid flows in density-based topology optimization forms a longstanding challenge. Methods based on the Navier–Stokes equations with Darcy penalization (NSDP equations) are widely used in fluid topology optimization. These methods use porous materials with low permeability to represent the solid domain. Consequently, they suffer...journal article 2023
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Ranjan, R. (author), Ayas, C. (author), Langelaar, M. (author), van Keulen, A. (author)A novel constraint to prevent local overheating is presented for use in topology optimization (TO). The very basis for the constraint is the Additive Manufacturing (AM) process physics. AM enables fabrication of highly complex topologically optimized designs. However, local overheating is a major concern especially in metal AM processes...journal article 2022
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Zhang, J. (author), van Keulen, A. (author), Aragon, A.M. (author)We propose a fully immersed topology optimization procedure to design structures with tailored fracture resistance under linear elastic fracture mechanics assumptions for brittle materials. We use a level set function discretized by radial basis functions to represent the topology and the Interface-enriched Generalized Finite Element Method ...journal article 2022
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Zhang, Y. (author), Tichem, M. (author), van Keulen, A. (author)Metastructures composed of snapping beams are capable of deforming into a series of stable states, enabling them to realize shape reconfigurations. In this paper, we present the design of a metastructure-based morphing surface that is able to exhibit a series of stable configurations with different curvatures. Using theoretical, numerical,...journal article 2022
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Giele, R.J.P. (author), van Keulen, A. (author), Langelaar, M. (author)Topology optimization methods improve the structural performance of components. However, in food processing, medical, high-precision, and other industries' designs should also fulfil the requirement of being cleanable. An important aspect of cleanability is drainability, which entails that fluids can always run off the structure under just...journal article 2022
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Delissen, A.A.T.M. (author), Boots, Elwin (author), Laro, Dick (author), Kleijnen, Harry (author), van Keulen, A. (author), Langelaar, M. (author)The design of high-precision motion stages, which must exhibit high dynamic performance, is a challenging task. Manual design is difficult, time-consuming, and leads to sub-optimal designs that fail to fully exploit the extended geometric freedom that additive manufacturing offers. By using topology optimization and incorporating all...journal article 2022
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Mishra, V. (author), Ayas, C. (author), Langelaar, M. (author), van Keulen, A. (author)Topology optimization typically generates designs that exhibit significant geometrical complexity, which can pose difficulties for manufacturing and assembly. The number of occurrences of an important design feature, in particular intersections, increases with geometrical complexity. Intersections are essential for load transfer in many...journal article 2022
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Koppen, S. (author), Langelaar, M. (author), van Keulen, A. (author)High-tech equipment critically relies on flexures for precise manipulation and measurement. Through elastic deformation, flexures offer extreme position repeatability within a limited range of motion in their degrees of freedom, while constraining motion in the degrees of constraint. Topology optimization proves a prospective tool for the...journal article 2022
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Koppen, S. (author), Langelaar, M. (author), van Keulen, A. (author)In topology optimization, the state of structures is typically obtained by numerically evaluating a discretized PDE-based model. The degrees of freedom of such a model can be partitioned in free and prescribed sets to define the boundary conditions. A multi-partition problem involves multiple partitions of the same discretization, typically...journal article 2022
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Numic, A. (author), Blad, Thijs (author), van Keulen, A. (author)In this paper, a novel alternative method of stiffness compensation in buckled mechanisms is investigated. This method involves the use of critical load matching, i.e., matching the first two buckling loads of a mechanism. An analytical simply supported five-bar linkage model consisting of three rigid links, a prismatic slider joint, and four...journal article 2022
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Misiun, Grzegorz (author), van de Ven, E.A. (author), Langelaar, M. (author), Geijselaers, Hubert (author), van Keulen, A. (author), van den Boogaard, Ton (author), Ayas, C. (author)An important cause of failure in powder bed additive manufacturing is the distortion of the part due to thermal shrinkage during printing and the relaxation of residual stresses after its release from the base plate. In this paper, Additive Manufacturing simulations are coupled with Topology Optimization in order to generate designs that are...journal article 2021
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van de Ven, E.A. (author), Maas, Robert (author), Ayas, C. (author), Langelaar, M. (author), van Keulen, A. (author)Although additive manufacturing (AM) allows for a large design freedom, there are some manufacturing limitations that have to be taken into consideration. One of the most restricting design rules is the minimum allowable overhang angle. To make topology optimization suitable for AM, several algorithms have been published to enforce a minimum...journal article 2021
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Zhang, Y. (author), Tichem, M. (author), van Keulen, A. (author)Multi-stable metastructures composed of curved beams can switch to a series of stable configurations via elastic snap-through transitions. The elastic deformations allow metastructures to function as reusable energy absorbers. However, conventional metastructure designs based on solid beams often result in relatively low energy dissipation....journal article 2021
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Bakker, Coen (author), Zhang, L. (author), Higginson, Kristie (author), van Keulen, A. (author)Stiffened shells and plates are widely used in engineering. Their performance is highly influenced by the arrangement, or layout, of stiffeners on the base shell or plate and the geometric features, or topology, of these stiffeners. Moreover, modular design is beneficial, since it allows for increased quality control and mass production. In...journal article 2021
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Zhang, Y. (author), Tichem, M. (author), van Keulen, A. (author)Metastructures consisting of planar arrangements of bi-stable snap-through beams are able to exhibit multiple stable configurations. Apart from the expected translational state transition, when all beam elements snap through, rotational states may exist as well. In this paper we explore the rotational properties of multi-stable metastructures...journal article 2021